Para-Platforms - On the Spatial Politics of Right-Wing Populism (Sternberg Press) - Softcover

Jonas Staal; Christina Varvia; Benjamin H. Bratton; Nina Power; Angela Nagle; Hito Steyerl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3956793927 ISBN 13: 9783956793929

Publisher: Sternberg Press, 2018

Synopsis

Right-wing populism is not new. Yet our current historical conjuncture presents emergent and extreme forms that demand critical inquiry. This is true at the level of the spatially imagined, the virtually performed, and the designed and physically built--as each in different ways is facilitating the unprecedented development of right-wing politics. In Europe and abroad, neo-Nazism, fundamentalism, and hate-based ideologies rooted in violent patriarchies have gained institutional acceptance and political sponsorship at a variety of scales. This reader considers new ways of moving through space and new patterns of occupying space, and investigates the implicit relationship between design and politics. Material is never neutral.

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About the Author

Markus Miessen is a Berlin-based architect, writer, and Professor at the Academy of Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Zoë Ritts is an architectural designer based in Berlin.

Benjamin H. Bratton is a theorist whose work spans philosophy, computer science, and design. He is Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Director of the Center for Design and Geopolitics at the University of California, San Diego. He is also Visiting Professor of Critical Studies at SCI-Arc (the Southern California Institute of Architecture) and Professor of Digital Design at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

Markus Miessen is a Berlin-based architect, writer, and Professor at the Academy of Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Jonas Staal is an artist and founder of New World Summit, an artistic and political organization that develops parliaments with and for stateless, blacklisted, and autonomist organizations. Recent publications include Nosso Lar, Brasília. His artwork has been exhibited at venues including the 7th Berlin Biennale, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the 31st São Paulo Biennale.

Markus Miessen is a Berlin-based architect, writer, and Professor at the Academy of Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Zoë Ritts is an architectural designer based in Berlin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3956793927
• ISBN 13: 9783956793929
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204
• Editor: Markus Miessen, Zoë Ritts